Ganiyat Olaleye, BACP, NCPS

Ganiyat Olaleye is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and has six years of professional experience working with a range of concerns. She speaks English and Yoruba and accepts international clients.

Ganiyat aims to help people who are facing stress, anxiety, low mood or life transitions. She also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, grief and loss, anger, addictions, and challenges with self-esteem. Practical everyday problems such as sleep or eating difficulties, parenting strain, career stress and coping with chronic illness are included in her work.

Her approach is flexible and focuses on the person in front of her. She uses different methods like cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment work, attachment-informed thinking, emotion-focused elements and dialectical skills depending on what an individual needs. Sessions tend to be collaborative and aim to build skills as well as understanding.

In sessions she listens for strengths and preferences, then helps people set short-term goals and small steps. She encourages straightforward tools you can try between meetings to notice change. She also pays attention to how past losses or attachment patterns affect current relationships and choices.

People thinking about starting can expect a supportive, down-to-earth style that highlights their own resources. To begin, viewers are invited to follow the site's process to match and schedule a first appointment.

How different approaches work in online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, and then choose actions that fit their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small, practical experiments to change mood and behaviour; this can help with anxiety, depression, sleep and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and responses, and it can be helpful for relationship difficulties and intimacy-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try different ways of working together. Clients and the therapist decide collaboratively which methods fit the client's goals, preferences and day-to-day needs.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins when needed. They also let people use techniques at home and reflect on how they feel between meetings. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions, and the focus remains on practical steps and steady progress.